form n kaos scratch practice

[wigglesworth]

who would be interested in setting up some sort of semi-regular scratch practice sessions for people on the board?
i know there are a few good scratchers on the board (kaos, precise, blunted) and some people that are just begening or intermediate.

i wont be moving out till may, but i'd like to start doing it then.
ill have a bit of studio going by then so doing at my house would be cool, but we could switch to whomever's house anytime.

i figure this will be a good way for the more experience tablists on this board to learn from eachother, and a way for the beginers to get some hands on experience.

who's down?

[manos_one]

id be down.

[stringbeans]

im so diggity down

[sNyx]

should ask mr.kaos real nice, you might just get lucky!!
(teehee, how do you think I did ;))

[bebu*funfun]

im down for watching, learning or even and/or just taking notes on paper.

[Ryan Ross]

count me in :) Manos has got alot to teach im sure, that mofos crazy!

[Akeel]

i'm down.

[stringbeans]

who wants to do some this weekend?

"all this scratching is making me itch"

[hirshee]

im in, lemme know when

[dj_zyx]

im down to destroy all those who enter the room and run away like faries in the wind. :kam:

[vangroover]

soo down

[Ryan Ross]

Originally posted by dj_zyx
im down to destroy all those who enter the room and run away like faries in the wind. :kam:

Do you have any demos?

[dj_zyx]

Do you have any demos?

I have a few just messing around ones, I compose now.

[Ryan Ross]

what do you produce?

[dj_zyx]

im finishing off my album, basically everything as of now, i can make any form of techno out there. not to be cocky, been producing for 7 years... just figured out now i want to get into the whole scene :284:

[Ree Fresh]

^^^wow we got quite teh shing dig happening

Im deffenently down for this :y:

[wigglesworth]

thats a bold statement with who we've got on this board, and you being and unknown.
we'll see though.
and rhiannon...i never thought i'd see you scratching :c-tard:
i love it!

Originally posted by dj_zyx
im finishing off my album, basically everything as of now, i can make any form of techno out there. not to be cocky, been producing for 7 years... just figured out now i want to get into the whole scene :284:

[wigglesworth]

so there looks like there's about 8 people down for this.
thats a good size. you cant have too many people because there will probably be no more then 4 decks and 2 mixers at any session.
ill organize this in may when school's out and im in my new place.
thanks for the replies.

[decypher]

I'm down althought im not that great at scratching.. i can only do crab scratch, the basics and some flares/and orbits... but i haven't quite learned how to connect them all smoothly

[decypher]

BUT!ASDA SDdsadbasjkbd

u have a rane empath dont u? i tested the fader at L&M, and it was so smooth... i loved it...

[stringbeans]

i spit in aaron's fader when hes not looking

[wigglesworth]

sounds like you're off to a really good start.
flares a sooo tricky.
yah ill be using my empath, but i was hoping someone would be able to bring over a proper battle mixer as well for each session because my empath doesnt have curves for the upfaders (no hamster style.)

and john...if i ever caught you spitting on my mixer i would put and ax in the back of your head. :finger:

Originally posted by decypher
I'm down althought im not that great at scratching.. i can only do crab scratch, the basics and some flares/and orbits... but i haven't quite learned how to connect them all smoothly

[bebu*funfun]

oh man if u guys have the 8 decks and 4 mixers.. set up in the square...id drool. that set up in the scratch vid ..i think at qberts place was soooo awesome. yummmm.

[decypher]

Originally posted by wigglesworth
sounds like you're off to a really good start.
flares a sooo tricky.
yah ill be using my empath, but i was hoping someone would be able to bring over a proper battle mixer as well for each session because my empath doesnt have curves for the upfaders (no hamster style.)

and john...if i ever caught you spitting on my mixer i would put and ax in the back of your head. :finger:

hmm i think u just helped me decide what mixer im gonna get, although i drooled over the empath in the store.. i haden't noticed that it didn't have a crossfader reverse , and i scratch hamster style so that'll be important for me and a upfader curve would be nice cuz im learning how to crab the upfader.. and that eclar HAK360 is looking mighty nice right about now...hmmm

anyways, i can bring over my 05pro2 if needed... i really need to practice more to get things faster and clearer with my scratchs..You guys can school me in the art

[wigglesworth]

^^^^if you purely want a scratch mixer then get a rane 56. there is nothing better for scratching.
it you want to hook up some sort of efx box its the ideal scratch mixer to get.
there's usually a bunch of deals on them on ebay, but there arent any at the moment.
dont waste your money buying this stuff new.
a rane 56 is very dependable. a warranty isnt necesarily needed.

heres an empath at a good price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=14986

idealy you want something like a a&h xone 92 and a rane 56 on the side.
unfortunately, neither you or i have money like that. i got a rane empath and a efx 500 because i thought it was the best value i could get for my money.

dont underestimate the importance of a 3rd channel. it opens up a whole world of possiblilites in your mixes.
say you're doing a blend and you want to mix out of it.
having a third channel/table makes it easy to mix out, instead of having to end the blend short and make a quick mix.

the empath has wicked faders. not the magnetic ones in the 56, but they are rated at 2 million operations so it should last you for about 5-6 years.

not having hamster style available sucks, but its not that hard to switch to the crossfader. there are curves on the channel 1 and 3 faders so that helps a bit.
just no reverse switch.
its the empaths only weekness.
i'd recomend getting the empath and the efx 500. you can get an empath off of ebay for 950 (thats including shipping) and a efx 500 for 420 (inlcuding shipping.)
its a very diverse set up.
fuck i love gear.